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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorhook" data-source="post: 6524848" data-attributes="member: 58401">Yeah, that's fair. I mulled whether or not I even believed that comment before I posted it.It's not quite apples-to-oranges; apples-to-pears, maybe.I really don't think "improvisation" was ever a part of WotC's plan for 5E, because business "improvisation" (i.e.: failing to plan) is planning to fail. Rather, I think WotC is playing a deliberately cautious strategy: go slow, feel out the market, and get other companies to do the dirty work wherever possible. WotC knows that D&D is a valuable piece of intellectual property; they know they can afford to do very little, but they cannot afford another financial disaster like 4E ultimately became.I'm also not convinced that the community has lost confidence to the degree you've claimed. I don't know if you remember the edition wars, but the past few months have been some of the most positive I've seen in years. Yep, lots of us would like WotC to get going on those licenses, but several of your critiques are bunk. DungeonScape was crap, and WotC ended their relationship before throwing any more money at it (and before Trapdoor collapsed completely). WotC wasn't publishing Adventurer's Handbook, Sasquatch was. WotC has full legal right to take legal action against people who host their material for free. Obsidian software's comments about WotC, Hasbro, and TSR were just ridiculous rehashes of long-debunked nonsense complaints from people who don't seem to remember what business was like under TSR.Drizzt... Honestly, that couldn't be a worse choice for a D&D movie than the original D&D movie. Make it happen!</blockquote>

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